This team was not prepared to lose Parise.
Plain and simple.
End of story.
Now unfortunately Debour has to pay for it.
You can't out shoot everyone every game and lose all the time and blame the players.
It's the system. It has to be.

This team was not prepared to lose Parise.
Plain and simple.
End of story.
Now unfortunately Debour has to pay for it.
You can't out shoot everyone every game and lose all the time and blame the players.
It's the system. It has to be.

How do you prepare for that though? Lou didn't know if Zach was leaving for sure and for how much.

Why the fvck cant we score goals!!!!!!!/$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Islanders lead 1-0 the other way........ we need a fvckin win no excuse no we should or could win ! win !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! score goals dont give a damn if whoever score just light up the red light

How do you prepare for that though? Lou didn't know if Zach was leaving for sure and for how much.

He definitely put the team and management in a tough spot but if Lou wasn't 100% sure he was coming back, then he should have been traded because now the team is obviously left with a Gaping hole that could've been filled by some other player that was available during the off-season and there were no moves that were made.
The team lucked out the first 10 games of the season. This is the real team now and it's not good enough.
It wasn't a fluke that the team didn't make the playoffs the year Parise was injured.
He was a major part of the team and they should have been better prepared to lose him.
That's all I'm saying.